About
Who’s Behind This?
But somewhere between putting my kids to bed and closing my laptop, I got hooked on AI. Not the hype version. The real version — the kind that actually saves time, generates income, and changes how work gets done in ways you can measure.
The problem? Every resource I found was either written for researchers with three monitors and a venture-backed budget, or it was a Twitter thread full of buzzwords and nothing actionable. I kept asking: where’s the version for the rest of us? The marketers running campaigns alone. The developers juggling five projects. The curious person who just wants to know what to actually do with these tools.
So I built it. Stack Snacks started as notes I was already taking. Now it’s a weekly newsletter, a podcast, and a YouTube channel — all designed to give you the signal without the noise. No fluff. No hype. Just the stuff that works.
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What You Get
🦉 The Weekly Digest
Five things that matter in AI this week — summarized in the time it takes to drink a coffee. Not 47 links. Five. The right five.
🛠 Tool Deep-Dives
I use these tools in real projects, then report back. You get the honest take: what it does well, what it fails at, and whether it’s worth your $20/month.
⚡ Prompt Stacks
Copy-paste prompts built for real workflows: writing, coding, client work, content creation. Not hypothetical. Stolen directly from my own process.
🎧 Podcast + YouTube
Same energy as the newsletter but with more depth — and the occasional tangent about roofing.
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Who This Is For
You’re a developer who wants to ship faster without learning a new framework every week.
You’re a marketer who keeps hearing about AI but hasn’t found a tool that fits your actual job yet.
You’re an AI-curious creator who’s tired of feeling behind.
You work in an industry that doesn’t talk about AI yet — which means you’re about to have a massive advantage.
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The owl knows things.
Subscribe free and find out what. One email a week. No spam. No sponsored content dressed up as editorial. Just John, his notes, and a mascot with better glasses than both of us.
